Communications Personals
USTelecom hires Amy Schatz, ex-Politico, as vice president-media affairs, succeeding Karn Dhingra, hired by the Victoria Advocate in Texas ... Charter Communications hires David Ellen, ex-Cablevision, which Altice bought last month, as senior executive vice president ... Kelley Drye promotes: to partner Kristi Wolff, Advertising and Marketing practice, whose work includes wearables and privacy; and to special counsel: Sarah Cronin, Litigation and who works on entertainment and intellectual property issues; Jeffrey Hunter, Government Relations and Public Policy and who works on FCC political broadcasting; Christopher Loeffler, Advertising and Marketing and who works on privacy, data security and other consumer protection issues; and Marisa Lorenzo, Litigation and representing communications service providers.
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21st Century Fox hires Brooke Bowman, ex-Freeform, as senior vice president-drama programming & development, Fox Broadcasting Co. ... Himax Technologies Senior Vice President-Chief Technology Officer Chih-Chung Tsai retires from those jobs and is named vice chairman of the company's Himax Technology Ltd.; the parent company said in a later clarification that Chairman Biing-Seng Wu sets the overall technology direction and remains the company's head technologist.
Twitter adds to board Bret Taylor, Quip ... CyberArk board elects CEO Udi Mokady chairman; he succeeds Gadi Tirosh, Jerusalem Venture Partners, who remains a director; David Campbell, Goldman Sachs, steps down from the board for personal reasons ... Maxwell Technologies adds to board Jörg Buchheim, who was that company's chief sales officer until leaving June 30 for Inalfa Roof Systems.